Lords committee calls for better oversight of AI in justice system

A House of Lords committee has raised an alert about the use of artificial intelligence tools in the justice system, saying it has serious implications for human rights and civil liberties. The Justice and Home Affairs Committee has sounded the warning in a new report, Technology rules? The advent of new technology in the justice system, in which it calls for the establishment of a mandatory register of algorithms used in relevant tools. It says that without a register it is virtually impossible to find out where and how specific algorithms are used, or for Parliament, the media, academia, and people subject to their use to scrutinise and challenge them. The committee also calls for a duty of candour on the police so that there is full transparency. It says that AI can have huge impacts on people's lives, particularly those in marginalised communities, and without transparency there can be no scrutiny and accountability when things go wrong.